With the impeachment proceedings in the final stages, today Ali spends the hour with political scientist Sarah Binder to learn about the impeachment process in a historical context and try to make sense of what this moment could mean for American political institutions and the voting public.

Sarah Binder is a professor of political science at George Washington University and senior research fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution. She specializes in Congress and legislative politics.

Cover photo: “Impeachment Rally,” Des Moines, Iowa, December 17, 2019, by Phil Roeder, shared under CC BY 2.0